DESTIN — Veterinarian Kelly Haeusler was surprised last week when she discovered the lot next to her Airport Road clinic had sold the year before for about $150,000 more than its appraised value.
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State Rep. Matt Gaetz learned this week that a major obstacle had been removed from his path to the District 1 Florida Senate seat presently held by his father.
But with three years and two ele... READ MORE

Destin Jet owner Jay Odom appears to have his hand in a second dispute with Okaloosa County over a business run out of Destin Airport.
On March 6, County Airports Director Sunil Harman notified... READ MORE

Three years ago last week, a beloved St. George islander, a former wildlife biologist at St. Vincent Island National Wildlife Refuge perished in the crash of a small plane during a training ... READ MORE

Money, it is often said, talks.
Carolyn Ketchel, who in mid-June learned she no longer had competition in the District 2 Okaloosa County Commission race, believes her campaign bank account migh... READ MORE

The abrupt closing of the YMCA of the Emerald Coast continues to inconvenience people.
With tax season at hand, many parents who enrolled their students in the YMCA after school or summer progr... READ MORE

A Baker Act patient managed to create a stir at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center Monday evening when he somehow got into the area above the emergency room ceiling.
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Just shy of four years after Okaloosa County was stung by the arrest of its Sheriff, Charlie Morris, the last of those criminally charged as accomplices in his bonus kick back scandal is scheduled to be sentenced for his role. READ MORE

On Oct. 18, Assistant State Attorney Russ Edgar obtained his fifth and final conviction of Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office staff members involved in a bonus kickback scandal that brought down Sheriff Charlie Morris in early 2009. READ MORE

The state attorney for the 14th Judicial Circuit in Panama City has notified the Florida Bar that he wants punitive action against Tony Henderson, the former chief deputy public defender for the First Judicial Circuit. READ MORE

It appears Tyree Washington, one of three teens sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 17-year-old Christopher Pitcock, will be the first resentenced as a result of a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision. READ MORE

Randall Holcombe, a confidant of former Okaloosa County Sheriff Charlie Morris who benefited from his bonus kickback scheme, was sentenced Thursday to 48 months in prison for racketeering and grand theft. READ MORE

Veterinarian Kelly Haeusler's shock turned to outrage when she learned through a little research that the new owners of building next to her clinic on Airport Road have plans to open an adult entertainment facility there. READ MORE

A man authorities believe could be responsible for the death of a woman whose body was found in December in Baldwin County, Ala., is being held in Okaloosa County on a violation of probation charge. READ MORE

With a great rumbling of heavy machinery and tactical maneuvering of large concrete barriers, crews working on Eglin Parkway will exit phase one of their ever inconvenient project this week and usher in phase two. READ MORE